Along with Beau, panelists include Larry Askew, General Counsel of Sizewize Rentals, LLC; Kyle Elliott of Spencer Fane; John Garretson of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP; and Adam Seitz of EriseIP. Together, they will provide an overview of Section 337 and the ITC. Specific topics of discussion include the prima facie elements of a Section 337 violation, the inner workings of the ITC, and current hot topics in Section 337 litigation, as well as practical insights and suggestions for litigating before the ITC.

The class will be held on June 1, 2017, from 3:00-4:45 PM. For more information, including registration details, click here.

Along with Beau, FBI Special Agents Nathan Oubre and Tracey Jenkins will be speaking at the event. Together, they will discuss how to structure foreign contracts in a way that protects IP; how to register IP with U.S. Customs to prevent the importation of competing knockoffs; how to use Section 337 as an enforcement mechanism; current IP policy issues of particular applicability to U.S. companies; and IP resources provided by the FBI.

The class will be held on May 25, 2017, from 1:00-4:30 PM. For more information, including the event schedule and registration details, click here.

AMS attorney Tom Schaumberg will be presenting at the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association’s April 27 program entitled “Update on Intellectual Property Litigation at the US International Trade Commission.”

Tom will join Former ITC Commissioner Dean Pinkert, Administrative Law Judge MaryJoan McNamara, and Brian Koo of the ITC’s Office of Unfair Import Investigations on a panel discussing Best Practices in ITC Litigation.

The ITCTLA and the John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law are co-hosting this CLE event. For more information, including the event schedule and registration details, click here.

AMS attorney Asha Allam will be presenting at the USPTO's May 5 Houston program on Lone Star Strategies for IP in China – What Texas Companies Need to Know Now. Asha will address China-specific aspects of Section 337 litigation as part of a panel entitled “Battling Counterfeiting & Piracy in the US.” Other panelists include Michael Chu (Assistant US Attorney, Major Fraud Section, Computer Hacking/Intellectual Property) and a government attorney.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Dallas Bar Association, and the U.S. Commercial Service are bringing together thought leaders and policy makers on China IP issues from U.S. Government, academics, and the private sector to share their insights on critical issues involving China IP that will benefit U.S. IP rights holders. The Houston event is part of the USPTO China team’s nationwide efforts to help U.S. businesses and inventors understand how they can obtain and enforce IP rights in China.

For more information, including event details and schedule, click here.

AMS attorney Rowan Dougherty was featured in The Association of Women in International Trade’s “Women of the Week” earlier this month. Rowan won WIIT’s Outstanding Member of the Year award in May 2016, and previously served as WIIT’s VP of Programming.